The Wizard of Gore


1h 36m 1970

Brief Synopsis

A magician performs a show where he selects a female volunteer and appears to put swords, drills, and such through them. They walk away and everyone applauds, then they show up somewhere else, dead of the same injuries they sustained in the magic show. Police are baffled and can't tie the murders to the magician. A man whose girlfriend is infatuated with the show begins to investigate on his own.

Film Details

Genre
Horror
Release Date
Jan 1970
Premiere Information
Washington, D. C., opening: 23 Oct 1970
Production Company
Mayflower Pictures
Country
United States

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 36m
Sound
Mono
Color
Color

Synopsis

Sherry Carson, a television show hostess, and her sportswriter fiancé, Jack, watch an obscure magician, Montag, perform in a small theater. After an unspectacular beginning, Montag calls a woman from the audience and saws her in half. The woman is apparently unharmed and returns to her seat, but an hour later, while she is sitting in a restaurant, she dies, her body severed in two. Sherry, unaware of Montag's true powers, invites him to appear on her show. Meanwhile, his gruesome tricks continue to result in the delayed deaths of his female subjects. Appearing on the television show, Montag hypnotizes the entire audience, and a drop of blood appears on each person's hand. Jack, realizing the danger, rushes to the studio and pushes Montag into a fiery cauldron. Later at Sherry's apartment, Jack removes his face and becomes Montag. He dismembers Sherry, but she shares the magic power and transports Montag back to his initial performance.

Film Details

Genre
Horror
Release Date
Jan 1970
Premiere Information
Washington, D. C., opening: 23 Oct 1970
Production Company
Mayflower Pictures
Country
United States

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 36m
Sound
Mono
Color
Color

Quotes

Trivia

Filmed in 1968, unreleased until 1970.

Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States 1970

Released in United States on Video September 7, 1988

Released in United States 1970

Released in United States on Video September 7, 1988